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Monthly Archives: May 2011

Few developers have embraced the challenge of attracting “hardcore” gamers to Facebook quite like Kabam, and now it is once again attempting to court the Starcraft and Command & Conquer crowd with Global Warfare. While Global Warfare doesn’t feel terribly different from the studio’s earlier outings, its higher emphasis on multiplayer coordination and player versus…

About seven minutes into my second play session of Vorp, a new space-themed arcade shooter from End Games, I realized I had broken a light sweat. And the funny thing? I loved it. For a moment, all my professional questions about replayability and graphical prowess faded away in light of that one miraculous fact. Here…

Spoils of War is a fitting name for Rift’s v1.2 patch, particularly if you think of war as a metaphor for the struggles players endured to even get online during the last patch’s maligned world events. Not much new content awaits in post-patch Telara, but the update is a bulging goodie bag that goes a…

BMD BetterWorld’s BattleMe is a deceptively simple game that centers on battling automated Facebook accounts with tanks and other military toys, but beyond that simple facade waits a surprisingly complex strategic experience. In its best moments, BattleMe recalls the addicting gameplay of early arcade titles, and we look forward to improvements to this fun little…

Let’s be honest here: at its core, Endemol’s hit show Deal or No Deal is simply a game about picking some random briefcases and hoping you win something. That might be suspenseful when there’s a chunk of real money at stake, but it’s a rough concept on which to build an enduring social game. While…